I made four 9″ round cakes (white velvet). One was used to carve the head (I did all of the carving by eye, no template used), two cakes were carved into the body (I also placed a wedge of cake on top of the bottom of the body to plump it up a bit) and the last cake I used for the legs and arms, the fingers were made out of sugar paste. The decorations on either side of Makka’s head and on top were made by flattening balls of sugar paste. The one on the top of the head was secured by a strand of spaghetti as there was no board there for it to rest on, the colours of these flattened balls were made by adding more dark brown paste. The eyes were made from circle cut outs and the mouth was indented with a ball tool. The Osa can hold its own at 56 mph, but y ou’ll want to keep the Makka Flex and its 28mph top speed off competitive streets. The range-optimized version, aptly called the “Range,” putters along at 15 mph max. The Makka starts with a trimmed-down frame designed to attract a broad spectrum of users and maximize urban mobility. Stefan Ytterborn, CAKE CEO and founder, explains it like this:

Once the carving was finished I coated each part in both glaze and butter cream then laid the first layer of sugar paste – when this was dry I laid the second layer, I achieved the colour by adding some dark brown food paste colour to the white sugar paste. Again, each part was iced individually and then pieced together after. I made this delicious Makka Pakka Cake for my darling son’s first birthday, everyone said I should post it so others could see how creative I was and the end result was just brilliant.The icing I used was ready made icing in white and chocolate. To make the right colour for the most part of the cake I mixed together a portion of the chocolate icing with the white icing, rolled it out and then put it over the cake cutting off the excess. My daughter’s favourite In the Night Garden Character is Makka Pakka. Therefore for her 2nd birthday I decided to attempt to create a Makka Pakka birthday cake. First of all I drew a rough sketch of what I wanted it to look like. I decided I would need two square cakes (approx 20cm tins). From there I worked out how to cut the cakes to make Makka Pakka. I cut out the body from one cake and the head, legs and arms from the other cake. The cakes were a basic sand cake recipe doubled. For those unfamiliar, the Makka Prism windshields are two transparent units that mount on the top and bottom of a Makka. They’re available in multiple colors, and you can mix and match to your heart’s content. (Be aware, though, that if you’re not the type of person who likes talking to people everywhere you go about what you’re riding, then the Makka probably isn’t for you. Since it’s electric, and it’s extremely easy to have conversations at stop lights, you won’t even have to wait until you’re parked for people to very frequently ask you all about it. I promise you that I’m not exaggerating.) The Design

With cities and urban mobility changing faster than expected with cleaner and more efficient solutions, we have been eager to share the Makka: An urban short-haul vessel, compact in size and price, reaching a wide audience in the process of deciding what their future means of transportation will be.” Only the CAKE Makka Flex will be available in the United States. The Makka Range’s low speeds might work for some European riders or those in super dense urban environments. But it’s hard to imagine doing much with a vehicle that can’t go faster than the average person can pedal a bike. CAKE wants the Makka to be the future of urban transportation. And it’s making a strong case with its trim profile, plenty of add-ons for toting gear, and the sustainability of an electric platform. I hired a oval tin for his head and a rectangle tin for the body, hands and legs. I decided on a delicious white mud cake recipe as it holds shape more and you can store in an air tight container and keep in fridge up to a week before icing as mud cakes get better with time. I baked it four days before and was so moist and yummy!CAKE is looking high and low to find the next big thing in electric scooters. Its idea? Mega modularity. Still, the Makka can make it from A to B: The Flex’s range is 30 miles, and the Range can make it 35 miles max. Charge time is not yet specified. Makka Mods That’s why CAKE cut the Makka’s weight down from its predecessors — the Osa weighs 159 pounds to the Makka’s 132. The weight reduction resulted in decreased power. I then drew up a rough outline of Makka Pakka on baking paper placed on top of the cakes and cut with a sharp wet knife. It did crumble a little but as I was going to use butter cream icing it was no big deal as you can easily cover any flaws.